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Scottie
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English
Alternative forms
en Scotty
Etymology
en :af Scott -ie<id:diminutive> + 1
Proper noun
en unisex diminutive of en Scott.
en 2 July 2020 [Obituaries] Michael Keith Smith w:Orlando Sentinel final Orlando, Fla. Orlando Sentinel Communications Company B4 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/670551626/ 3 0744-6055 8377285 Mike is survived by his beloved sister Scottie Lummus,
Noun
en informal A Scottish terrier.
en informal A Scottish person sometimes as a nickname.
en 1883 Scottie James Chapman The Scottish Poets Recent and Living Alexander G. Murdoch 301 It's Scottie this, an' Scottie that, Whan ye gang o'er the border;
en 1987 Scottish Field - Volume 133 35 . . .and a bone-splintering hello from the Scottie!
en 2000 The Highland Pipe and Scottish Society, 1750-1950 William Donaldson 320 On Christmas Eve the Germans shouted from their trenches, which are only 100 yards from ours, in these terms – A merry Christmas, Scottie Guardie. We are not going to fire to-morrow; we will have a holiday and a game of football.
en 2011 Scottish Ethnicity and the Making of New Zealand Society Tanja Bueltmann 170 Donated to the city by Auckland businessman J.M. Mennie, it was unveiled in 1921 by the then New Zealand Prime Minister, W.F. Massey, 'this big determined Ulsterman', who 'displayed in his speech a surprising knowledge of Burns, so much so that a man in the crowd called out “You're a regular Scottie”'.
Anagrams
en ceiostt cottise
en 2-syllable words diminutives of male given names